Gryllofulvius gibbosus Taszakowski, 2025

Taszakowski, Artur, Jindra, Zdeněk & Wolski, Andrzej, 2025, Gryllofulvius gibbosus Taszakowski gen. et sp. nov. - a remarkable, flightless and stridulating plant bug (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) from Madagascar, European Journal of Taxonomy 976, pp. 171-181 : 173-176

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2785

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F006E490-AA01-4843-8195-59E69ABCD70B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14924576

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1B538785-FFE8-FFE4-FE6B-53AB6909C43B

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Gryllofulvius gibbosus Taszakowski
status

gen. et sp. nov.

Gryllofulvius gibbosus Taszakowski gen. et sp. nov.

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Figs 1–3 View Fig View Fig View Fig

Diagnosis

See the generic diagnosis.

Etymology

Adjective derived from Latin ‘ gibbosus ’ – ‘humped’.

Type material

Holotype

MADAGASCAR • ♀; Toliara Province; 1400–1670 m a.s.l.; 17–23 Dec. 1988; P. Bulirsch leg.; “E Madagascar17.- 23.12.1988 \ 30kmSEE of Betroka, 1400- \ 1670m, Vohitrosa forest , 2km \ E of ▲1825m, P.Bulirsch lgt.”; ZJC.

Description

Female

As in generic description. Dorsum generally brown ( Fig. 1A–B View Fig ).

HEAD. Brown; scape dark brown (pedicel and flagellum missing); labium brown.

THORAX. Pronotum dark brown. Mesoscutum dark brown, lighter in anterior part. Scutellum dark brown. Thoracic pleura dark brown. Metathoracic scent glands ivory. Hemelytron: Inner margin and posterior margin brown, remaining surface dark brown.

LEGS. Brown to dark brown, tarsi light brown.

ABDOMEN. Mostly dark brown.

MEASUREMENTS. Body: length 3.1, width 1.2. Head: length 0.73, width including compound eyes 0.56, interocular distance 0.40, eye dorsal width 0.08, eye dorsal length 0.17. Antenna: length of scape 0.29 (antennomeres II–IV missing). Length of labial segments: I 0.57, II 0.63, III 0.63, IV 0.40. Pronotum: length 0.45, width of posterior margin 0.52.

Male

Unknown.

Biology

Unknown.

Distribution

S Madagascar.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SubOrder

Heteroptera

Family

Miridae

SubFamily

Cylapinae

Tribe

Fulviini

Genus

Gryllofulvius

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